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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...comparison, McGeoch finds PIL's reception in Great Britain to be disappointing. "The UK is rather slow for us," he said, adding that the band will probably do only four or five gigs there this year...

Author: By Brady S. Martin, | Title: Johnny Rotten's Band Techno-pops Its Way to a Different Public Image | 4/2/1992 | See Source »

After limiting everyone's songs to a group of 15 or 18, the "time consuming" part of the writing begins. McGeoch says that it takes PIL from a year to a year and a half to complete this stage. "I can never understand bands that go into multitrack and write songs in the studio," he says. "To me it's an ongoing process. It's a skill and not an inspiration...

Author: By Brady S. Martin, | Title: Johnny Rotten's Band Techno-pops Its Way to a Different Public Image | 4/2/1992 | See Source »

...album, McGeoch believes that PIL has "grown in fluency of the songwriting" and that the "evidence is a bit more confidence...

Author: By Brady S. Martin, | Title: Johnny Rotten's Band Techno-pops Its Way to a Different Public Image | 4/2/1992 | See Source »

Joyce says that the band is "a little bit harder since [he] has been part of it." Although he admits that PIL's first drummer may have been a little more technical, he reserves himself the position as the more aggressive...

Author: By Brady S. Martin, | Title: Johnny Rotten's Band Techno-pops Its Way to a Different Public Image | 4/2/1992 | See Source »

According to McGeoch, PIL tries to give the concert audience "value for money." In this year's tour, that value comes is providing a package that includes Big Audio Dynamite II, Live and Melon. The show hits Boston on April...

Author: By Brady S. Martin, | Title: Johnny Rotten's Band Techno-pops Its Way to a Different Public Image | 4/2/1992 | See Source »

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